The New Art Hotspot in Asia: Seoul’s Fast-Rising Scene Is Attracting International Attention
With companies buying art, private collectors opening museums, and foreign dealers opening outposts, Seoul's art scene is thriving.
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Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery Plans Seoul Location as Attention on South Korea’s Art Market Continues
The gallery will stage its first show in October.
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Samsung Family Donates 23,000 Works to S. Korean Museums Amid $11 Billion Tax Bill
The National Museum of Modern Art will get more than 1,000 pieces, including works by Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and other artists not currently in its collection.
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Long Misidentified, Century-Old Painting About Longevity Gets New Life in South Korea
The Dayton Art Institute in Ohio believed it was an unusual Chinese work. Then scholars began asking questions.
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The Artist-Son of South Korea’s President Was Criticized for Funding His Latest Show with Corona Relief. How’s the Actual Art?
Moon Joon-yong has exhibited his new-media work widely. His latest exhibition sparked controversy.
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As Seoul Becomes ‘Covid-19 War Zone,’ Art Museums Close
The South Korean government has placed the capital under the second-highest level of social-distancing rules.
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Artist Suh Se Ok, Pillar of Korean Contemporary Painting, Dies at 91
Establishing a movement that forged a vanguard position for ink-brush painting, he became a celebrated figure.
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At Royal Palace in Seoul, an Expansive Art Exhibition With an Ambitious Agenda
Presenting more than 30 Korean artists at Deoksugung, and staging events around town, Art Plant Asia aims to draw attention to the continent's art world.
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A Transformative Experience
At a time when fashion uses art to transform itself into high cultural statement, and art uses fashion to insert itself into the broader commercial world, the Prada…
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